Surgical appliance.



No. 853,410. y PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

E. D. HUEBNER.

SURGICAL APPLIANGE.

APPLIUATION FILED un. 21, 1901.

UNi'rED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST D. HUEBNER, vOF MILVAUKEE, 'W1SUO'NSIN.

SURGICAL APPLIANOE.

`Torbll whom it may cortcern:

shown, described and claimed; its object being to provide simple,economical and ellicient appliances, each designed for use on a feebleor crooked male generative organ to `assist the same in the naturalperformance of its function in coition, provision being had for exertingpressure on the dorsal vein and other portions of said organ withoutdiscoin fort or injury to either male or female.

A pliances of the lzind aforesaid serve as .meclianical aids to medicaltreatment of the not unfrequently occurring inactivity or incapabilityofmale generative organs to perform their reprmluctive office, w iiehstate of said organs is abnormal or unnatural and constitutesmalformation, disease or ailment that maybe remedied4 or counter-actedby proper treatmentand theV empli" ent of said appliances.

Devices that are Wholly' or partially end:

. less elastic bands have been devised ior the urposes of an appliancesimilar to the one 'ierein setforth, but such devices are necessarily ofpredetermined sizes and often too large for the patient or tooconstrictive for the ccmfort or welfare of saidpatie'nt. In vieurofthese facts the appliance in accordance with my invention comprises aveincompressor adjustable to various diameters,

vat-ion of same partland a longitudinal support that is preferablyextensible, this support being in connection with said com rcssor.Figure 1" o the accompauyin drawings represents a perspective view o asurgical appliance in accordance with myinvention partly broken away,there being some exaggeration of detail to better illustrate theconstruction of said device; Fig. 2. a front elebroken away, and Fi 3,aside elevation o a fragment of the app iance. Referring'by letter o thedrawings, A indicates a split-band of steel or other suitable flexiblematerial in ri `d connection with the rear end of a sleeve the ends ofthe band being lapped one upon the other and held in Specification ofLetters Patent. I .Application lllad January 21.1907. Burial No.858.188'

Patented May 14, 1907.

adjusted position by an elastic contractive slide C o mild strengthor'otlier suitable means. To cushion the band A, the same is coveredwith soft elastic material D, as herein shown, said band, cushionedorotherwise, serving to compress the dorsal vein of, a male generativeorgan upon which it is laced to surround the same immediately adlljacentto the abdominal wall, and thus partially support the appliance as awhole.

The sleeve B is preferably of somewhat ilexible elastic material and hasautomatic friction-grip on the shank E of a fork in adjustableengagement therewith, said sleeve and fork together constituting anextensible sup ort, the greater portion of which is aralle to the corpusspongiosum of the a oresaid organ, inv ractice, andwhich will maintain anoi'inal y crooked 'organ in strai htened condition. The branches F ofthe ork are flexible, suitably bent and normally divergent from theshank E forward of same, and a contracting slide G is employed on saidbran-ches, thisslide being prefer'a ly of elastic material.

The fork is adjusted to have the inwardly extending de ending forwardbends b of its branches F f ank the ineatus of the aforesaid organ,these bends and the upwardly extending, laterally curved and rearwardlyinclined ortions c of the fork-branches being covere( with a flexiblejacket H ofA soft el astic material that extends rearward on thestraight portions of said branches. vIn ractice, the 'acketed portions cof the orkbranches l-` are immediately in rear 'of the corona of theaforesaid organ and gri the cor ora cavernosa of same, the jacket at d,etween the preferably rounded ends of said branches, serving tocom letea forward automatically expansible arc of the appli-- ance.

The normal spread of the fork-branches F, with reference to the comfortof the wearer of the appliance herein set forth, is readily determinedby mani ulation of said branches and adjustment of t e jacket H, theslide G bei A adjusted on the aforesaid branches to regu ate nomialintensit of yieldin grip by the forward automatical y expansib e arch ofsaid appliance.. These several adjustments being properly effected, theappliance, inpractice, does not exert pressure upon the urinarv canal.under any conditions, this being an advantageous feature of saidappliance.

-',lhe apparent projections in the split-band los A at its junction withthe sleeve B are so slight in practice as not to be noticeable oruncomfortable, they being considerably exaggerated in the showing alongwith other parts of the appliance. I claim: y l. A surgical appliancecomprising an annular compressor adjustable to various diameters, a suort extending from the comressor an( having normally. divergent ranchesprovided with forward inwardly extending depending bends and which areupwardl extended, 4laterallycurved and rearwarc ly inclined adjacent tothese bends; a flexible elastic jacket adjustable on said branches ofthe sup ort to therewith form an extensible'forwar arch, and acontracting slide for the aforesaid branches of said sup- PON"- f 2. Asurgical appliance comprising an annular compressor adjustable tovarious dialneters, a longitudine ly extensible su port in connectionwith the compressor, andl avin normally diver ent branches provided witforward inward y extending depending bends and which are upwardlyextended,latera lly curved and rearwardly inclined adjacent to thesebends;

a flexible elastic jacket adjust able on said branches of the support totherewith form an extensible forward arch, and a eontractinguslide forthe aforesaid branches of said support.

3. A surgical appliance comprising a lexible split-band, means forholding the ends of g the band adjustably la pcd one upon the other, asupport. exten: ing from sind band and having normally divergent"`branches provided with forward inwardly extending depending bends andwhich are upwardly extended, laterally curved and rearwardly inclinedadjacent to these bends; a flexi ble elastic jacket ad justable, on saidbranches of the support to therewith form an extensible forward arch,and a contracting slide yfor the aforesaid branches of said support.

. 4. A surgical appliance comprising a flexibllle split-band, means forholding the ends of t e and adjustablv lapped one upon thev other, aflexible elastic. sleeve extending from said band, a fork having itsshank in longitudinally ad'ustable en agement with the sleeve, the for-braurhes icing normally divergent and provided with forward nwardlvextending depending bends, from which bends the are upwardly extended,laterally curved am?r rearwardl inclined; a flexible elastic jacketadjusts le on said fork-branches to therewith formrl extensible forwardarch,l and a contracting slide for the aforesaid forkbranches.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee in the county of- Milwaukee and State o f Vlrisconsin in thepresence of two witnesses.

. ERNEST D. HUEBNER. Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPUANT,

GEORGE Fammi.

